Al Jazeera Using Egypt Coverage to Edge Onto U.S. Cable, Satellite Operators
"There's been suspicions in the government about what their true motivations might be,” says one industry exec about the network, which is not carried on Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and DirecTV. "I think this might be a time to re-examine that."
NEW YORK – Al Jazeera’s English-language channel is hoping its coverage of the protests in Egypt will give it a new chance to win carriage by U.S. cable and satellite TV operators.
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